Chapter 3. Same Coin, Different Sides
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Gabriella jerked out of her sleep panting. She had been having dreams like that ever since Troy's dad had gone to jail. She looked over at her clock and was pleased to find that she would have to get up in a few hours. Gabriella got up and slowly made her way across her moonlit room to her balcony.
The half moon seemed to smile at her from it's place just behind the tree-line. Never in her life would she have ever believed that she would sing in a musical with the cutest basketball player in school who just happened to be her boyfriend. Infact, she never would have believed that she would go out with him in the first place! Troy was different from all the other jocks she had ever met. One fact alone separated him from the rest. He cared. He cared more for her than he did his reputation. And it was that care, that deep love for him, that did her in. That worry for his well-being was what haunted her in the middle of the night. But it was also that same love that kept her going. "He needs you now more than ever. He needs you just like you needed him when you sang together." she would always tell herself.
Just then she was pulled from her thoughts by some movement in the backyard. At first she was afraid, but then she recognized the figure. Gabriella smiled and waved to Troy. He saw her and waved back before running the rest of the way to the lattice board he used as a ladder.
"You couldn't sleep either?" Troy asked when he got onto the balcony.
"Nope." Gabriella replied taking Troy's hand as they walked over to the bench.
"Well that's to bad. Because you look very pretty when you're sleeping." Troy said running his fingures through Gabriella's hair.
Gabriella smiled and shook her head. She then reached up and pulled him into a soft kiss. When they broke apart Troy put his hand on the back of Gabriella's neck and leaned his forehead against hers.
"How did you know I needed that?" Troy asked.
"Sixth sense." Gabriella answered before leaning into another much needed kiss.
I know, short. But I promise to make up for it in the next chapter.